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If you’ve ever had a Ladybird moment and wanted to pay your parents back for raising you, this new map from Opploans might make the task a lot easier. Opploans, an online installment loans website, shows the average amount of money parents from each state spend each year per child. As any parent will tell you, having kids isn’t cheap these days. With everything from food to medical care getting more expensive by the year, many parents might not even want to know how much money their children actually necessitate, especially if they live in the Northeastern United States.The differences in costs between the states are striking. Parents in Washington, D.C. ($17,921 per year) and North Carolina ($17,666 per year) spend the most, while Montanans and Kansans ($2,000 per year) were far lower than any other state, followed closely by Oklahoma ($2,019 per year), Idaho ($2,383 per year) and Louisiana ($2,868).Photo: Opp Loans The map also broke the United States down into four sections — West, …

The opening of a foodie theme park will further elevate Bologna’s reputation as Italy’s culinary capital but the city has plenty more to offer, including superb art, music and medieval architectureEurope’s oldest university town (it was founded in 1088) has been a haven for intellectuals and creative types since luminaries such as Dante and Petrarch passed through in the 14th century. Cultural capitals can ossify with time, but the constant influx of young blood into Bologna has kept the city alive. In the evenings, cafes flood with Bolognesi, from high-society ladies to stylishly scruffy undergraduates arguing politics and sipping Aperol spritzes.Piazza Verdi attracts musicians and dreadlocked punks, while bars under the arches of Piazza Santo Stefano are a lovely spot for a sundowner. At weekends the central Via Ugo Bassi and Via Rizzoli, along with perpendicular Via dell’Indipendenza, are pedestrianised and fill with shoppers and street performers. At nightfall, crowds from the stu…